Instant Alert: Here’s how artists in the late 1800s imagined life in the year 2000

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Here's how artists in the late 1800s imagined life in the year 2000 by Kristin Hohenadel on Nov 29, 2015, 5:02 PM Advertisement At the turn of the previous century, a group of French artists were asked to imagine the year 2000 by illustrating what kinds of scientific and everyday design inventions progress might bring the world 100 years into the future. The result is a series of charmingly retrofuturistic illustrations called En L'An 2000 (literally, In the Year 2000, though sometimes loosely translated as Life in the 21st Century). First produced for Paris' World Exhibition in 1900, they were printed as cigar box inserts, then as postcards between 1899 and 1910. But sadly they were never distributed, seemingly lost to the world until science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov discovered a set in the 1980s, publishing them in his 1986 work of nonfiction Futuredays: A Nineteenth Century Vision of the Year 2000. SEE ALSO: These 15 sci-fi books actually predicted the future Aerial firemen In pursuit of a smuggler The new-fangled barber See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011